Held on May 27 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., the
middleweight contest was originally announced to be a split draw
after three rounds. Judge Robert Romero scored the bout 29-28 in
favor of Camozzi, while Jenna Vasquez had it 29-28 in favor of
Villasenor. Mark Sanchez’s scorecard read 29-29.

It was Sanchez’s scorecard which would later come into question,
and on Tuesday Sherdog.com learned that the New Mexico Athletic
Commission voted unanimously to overturn the original ruling and
award Camozzi a split-decision victory.

The news came as a disappointment to Villasenor.

“I think [the commission] made an error, I think they [needed] to
confirm that it was an error, and I think that it needs to be
decided to be a no-contest or stand where it is,” said the
Jackson’s MMA product. “I don’t think there should be a winner or
loser in this event, even though I do feel like I won the
fight.”

While Sanchez’s card should have been announced as 29-28 in favor
of Camozzi, an error made by the person running the scoring table
at the event led to the incorrect decision. That person at the
table made an addition error when tabulating Sanchez’s scorecard,
which led to the 29-29 score.

The mistake was not discovered until after the fight card’s
conclusion. The Jackson’s MMA camp originally requested that the
scorecards be reviewed, and the process isn’t entirely
finished.

“We did make a verbal request at the meeting [Tuesday] to have our
attorney review the integrity of the scorecards,” Jackson’s MMA
general manager Ricky Kottenstette told Sherdog.com Tuesday
evening. “We were granted permission and will be submitting
requests tomorrow morning through our firm.”

Camozzi’s camp wasn’t present at Tuesday's meeting, but did send a
statement to the commission. The “Ultimate Fighter 11” alum was
vocal on his blog shortly after the decision came into question,
devoting an entire post to the subject.

“When I took this fight on short notice I knew I was going to fight
a New Mexico fighter in New Mexico,” Camozzi wrote on June 9. “My
trainers and managers all impressed upon me that this is not a
fight that we want to let go to the judges. Even during the fight I
was being told by my corner that I needed to finish.”

It doesn’t appear that a rematch between the two is imminent, as
Villasenor will drop to welterweight and face Che Mills at a
British Association of Mixed Martial Arts event on Sept. 10 in
Birmingham, England. Villasenor said that Camozzi was his original
opponent on the BAMMA 7 card.

“We were scheduled to fight in England. As of a week ago, he pulled
out of that fight. Shark Fights didn’t let him compete, but he
accepted the fight,” said the Strikeforce veteran. “It’s
unfortunate that we never got to mix it up again. Who knows, maybe
he drops down sometime or maybe I take a fight at [185] to settle
the score.”